Reformed CT, MRI Cost Reporting: Valid Cost Saver Or Misinformed Policy?
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Adding new lines to standard hospital cost report forms for computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans may allow Medicare to save money on outpatient imaging costs, but product manufacturers say that the savings would be based on inaccurate assumptions
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